On 8/19/06, Olivier Andrieu <oandrieu@nerim.net> wrote:
> Nathaniel Gray [Friday 18 August 2006] :
> > Now of course this could all be done at the ocaml level, but
> > wouldn't it be nicer to do the elegant thing in the first place
> > instead of cleaning up the mess afterwards? ;^)
>
> Erm, doing things on the C side isn't especially "elegant",
> sorry. It's way more error-prone, more complicated to compile/link
> against, and in your case it's not even portable (your version is
> Unix-only).
I see. In that case I move we eliminate the whole Unix module. It's
all written in error-prone, complicated, non-portable C!
The point is that we need *some* interface to the select system call.
By it's nature, it must be written in C. We can, with very little
work (about 10-20 LOC or less), have a more elegant interface to the
select system call that reduces the amount of cruft needed to make a
typical select call. I'm doing this work, because it's useful to me.
Because I believe it could be useful to others, I'm also trying to
create a patch against the compiler for submission to the ocaml team.
I'm not claiming it's a revolutionary change or massively faster, just
an interface that's more pleasant to program with.
Cheers,
-n8
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